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...track-record for causing trouble with unauthorized recordings. In the fall of 2001, he drew fire after he posted online a heated e-mail correspondence between two colleagues. When one of the men, Law School professor Alvin C. Warren, came to Nesson’s office to confront him about the incident, Nesson took audio. It found its way online...
...near Tbilisi part of a coup attempt orchestrated by Russia, but opponents of beleaguered President Mikheil Saakashvili accuse him of using the incident to crack down on mounting domestic opposition. Soldiers in tanks and armored personnel carriers raced to the base in Mukhrovani, 20 miles from the capital, to confront mutinous soldiers, about 500 of whom were arrested after the standoff ended peacefully...
...worsen. Current information suggests that the outbreak may be less severe than was originally suspected and that swine flu might not, after all, be nearly as deadly as the infamous 1918 flu strain. Still, caution and vigilance are more than warranted. We hope that UHS will be ready to confront the problem if and as it develops any further. All steps should be taken to ensure that Harvard is prepared to handle a major outbreak on campus, even if an outbreak never actually appears...
...done recently in facing up to its darker history under Nazi occupation, France is showing clear intent to confront rather than deny anti-Semitism - as much of the commentary regarding Halimi's murder indicates. French Jews are not ready to claim that anti-Semitism is no longer a problem, but Prasquier says most now do feel that things are moving in the right direction...
...already care about gender equality and nonviolence, but not enough of them speak up against joking references to rape or against other behavior that is demeaning to women. Too many men have stood by silently as a peer told a joke about domestic abuse; too many have failed to confront a friend known to sexually exploit women; too many have excused media that favorably depicts sexual violence as entertainment...